Description

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) enjoys growing popularity in higher education and leads to substantial changes in traditional delivery strategies. This is in our opinion not an indigenous change but has to be recognised as a wider development within the so-called Information Society. Equipping students with the necessary skills and experiences for this new society is an essential mission for higher education institutions, but utilising the strengths of this approach for active learning can also lead to increased quality of the learning process.
This case study describes the creation of an online peace encyclopaedia called ‘Peacewiki’. It presents the preparations and pedagogic planning processes undertaken leading to a totally student-owned learning pro­duct (http://www.peacewiki.uni-klu.ac.at/).